Progress against the field
Paul Poon has dropped 13:55 behind the field from Hong Kong 2025 to Hong Kong 2026.
The clock says 1:17 slower, but the races themselves got 12:38 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Shanghai 2025 → Shenzhen 2025: 2:46 in 28 days.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 7 events
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Shenzhen15 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men2:00:50 PB321/352Beat 9%
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Hong Kong8 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:50:47967/1174Beat 18%
↑ 49 days after Bangkok 1 2026, with Sandra Wong 10:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:02 faster for everyone: 10:05 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 faster This pair8:03 slower -
Hong Kong8 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:44:50415/609Beat 32%
↑ 49 days after Bangkok 1 2026 8:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:38 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:55 faster for everyone: 8:33 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete6:38 slower -
Bangkok 120 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:44 PB1006/1445Beat 30%
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Bangkok 120 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:121217/2401Beat 49%
↑ 90 days after Shenzhen 2025 4:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:26 faster for everyone: 4:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:26 faster This athlete2:21 slower -
Shenzhen20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:51 PB439/928Beat 53%
↑ 28 days after Shanghai 2025 2:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:01 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:45 faster: 2:46 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 slower This athlete2:45 faster -
Shanghai22 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:36573/914Beat 37%
↑ 91 days after Beijing 2025 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:47 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:47 faster This athlete4:21 faster -
Beijing23 Aug 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:57399/609Beat 35%
↑ 28 days after Hong Kong 2025 2:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:55 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete0:36 faster -
Hong Kong26 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:33696/1186Beat 41%